hide behind in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hides behind",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiding behind",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hid behind",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hidden behind",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hide<,,hid,hidden> behind"
      },
      "expansion": "hide behind (third-person singular simple present hides behind, present participle hiding behind, simple past hid behind, past participle hidden behind)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (behind)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't hide behind your spokesman, speak for yourself!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield."
      ],
      "id": "en-hide_behind-en-verb--C16vxCh",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (behind)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't hide behind that rock, come out in the open!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hide, behind."
      ],
      "id": "en-hide_behind-en-verb-yFnrvpUR",
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide#English"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hide behind"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (behind)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hides behind",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hiding behind",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hid behind",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hidden behind",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hide<,,hid,hidden> behind"
      },
      "expansion": "hide behind (third-person singular simple present hides behind, present participle hiding behind, simple past hid behind, past participle hidden behind)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't hide behind your spokesman, speak for yourself!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use someone or something as a shield in order to avoid taking responsibility for something; to avoid attention by using someone or something as a shield."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Don't hide behind that rock, come out in the open!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hide, behind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide#English"
        ],
        [
          "behind",
          "behind#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hide behind"
}

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"hide behind" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms